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11)A 11 . DOCTOR, what do you advise ? I yes ac,dvise Jullim's Concerts, afterwards orderANS', tketrut-:.,arden. hear some charming singing, one ot est c a l .Ital clic1;8 and magnificent potatoes, and that is the a vice I can give you. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. CDGNAC This BRANDY. %A BRANDY. BRANDY rated Old NIS HWHISKY rivals the finest CH , It h Pure Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Bold :Ain Bottl es, 3 8. Rd., at t h e R e t a il H ous es in London ; by •gents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded an a , LL hlakv.". rim WELLINGTON. ST. JAMES'S STREET. fo r (3 e in addition to the Dining Room on the Ground Floor Ladi es n nernen only), he Saloon Dining Rooms are open for and Parties, Daily, from One o'clock. tita'T NYELLINGTON Three Shilling . Dinner of Soup, Fish, rro sto 8 Dish, 3 Joint o Sweet, "&c from 3to 9 p.m. On Sundays Ily r.. Order of the London and Paris Hotel Co. (limited). JOIIN CATES, Manager. ad w„,„ 1.• ntrance 1, Picca. fe3' Entrance, 53, St. Ja6omes's-strdilleet.y THE COPIAPO EXTENSION RAILWAY COMPANY. (Pabellon and Chanarcillo railway.) Incorporated under the Law of Chile. ICI?: Is HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL oth" 'NG 6f the SHARI HOLDERS will be held at the th e of the Company, No. 2, New Bi oad-street, on FRI I , AY , th e ~,° ' l l day cf October instant, at one o'clock precisely, for amr t u !Pcse of r cc iy no - a Bet ort from the Directors and the ed accounts to the'3( th June last, and tor the guneral Wets and affairs of the C mpany. Ihe Directors' report the6Lecollnts rn ,y be obtained on application at the offices of Pally three days prior to the Meeting. By order, EDWARD E. COLE, Secretary. London, 13th October, 1861. LAN TIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Offices -2, Old Broad-street, London, E.C. I SSUE OF SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS, (Ohio Division) Payable in London. 4,C00,(00 Dollars. Due in 1883, B ect Coupons due Ist January and Ist July. Nrri red by a Registered Mortgage on the Income and all eorat e , Rights, Pi ivileges, Lends Franchises, Plant, and R`r„'Y of the Ohio Division of the 'Railway. dol t el6o llds are redeemable at par in New York, or in Lon eil" 4 s. 6d. pe dollar and are transferable wi bout stamp Nyai?,orsement -Interest Coupons are attached to the B nd , at th semi- annu Iy, at the cons lidated Bank in London, 18 8 ,a fixed rate of 45. to the dollar. The ii-ads wit be ti.lo,,at 66, at wh ch rate Bonds not 1,000 dollars will cost Thrs, carrying Coup,ms due Jaary 1, 1865. I,oo o ' oupons represent £l4 per annum on each Bond of dollars, or 91 per cen t interest on price of Issue. rip s' ' e imMen withoutse de, elopment of the Western States of Ame ta. any increase in he means of transit to the ilaii er n Ports, has given the At antic and Great Western op e C e ltY, as rapt ly as the different sectbo . s have ue_ re m , an unexampled suecess. The whole line is now tul y I . oly ol Z z bu s siness and thoroughly ballasted, but the demancl ock has been so far in excess ot anticipation that theu ',Mate pinen for it has not been made, and 200 miles of Thee v ntain has remained shut up until now. Great elf r s T he e been made to su ply locomotive , , carriages, a nd trucks. tion`" or aPany has built ex ensive works for their construe and are now turn.ng out one locomotive complete every 4 44 1: 1an, aud ten freight c rs every day. In tuis way the A s nd will. in reasonable time, be supplied. Nis over entire through traffic to and from New York will Cot ah ' v er the Erie Rail , ay, it is but reasonable that that 110 4 which will so largely benefit, should furnish urnish a por ram.pf the rolling stock, and to meet this a treaty has been killr With the Erie Directors for the expenditure of five el lt , r ° ,l do lam in the construction of engines and cars. The as e amount is now under contract for ra p id delivery, and ova el ived will be used' exclusively for t he through traffic Ce t ' Th isie Atlantic and Great Western Railway, the latter laritia same pu on its partose. ag reeing to supply a similar qu antit y arp 11 8 Z ..0. 0 winz the financial policy, adopted at the outset,. of v*a m securities to the nublic only after so muc ot foreth line i s e finished as would secure the necessary income pr bai l i e' the interest, the Compa,y feel justified, now that the taa t ,!tig of this great railway is complet d, in making this b •ional issue of Bonds. be ei l lt h l_ag . the last ten year , no railroa - d of any magnitu 4 e has Ittla ( nun on the American Continent except the Att antic ps od at Western, in which peri )d the population and all . aee ee "' e, agricultural and mineral, have largely increa-ed , results the pro perous state of most of the railroads, to t re net receipts have enabled large dividends to be paid th mm 'e s tockholders, atter providing interest on indebtedness, Th e d, rolumbus, and Cincinnati Rail - Th a Ydivided last year Ci ncinnati, Ilamilton, and Dayton The Little M ami The Ill ehian Central tab l ' a ke t 'hore, Cleveland, ainsville, aad Ash ta Ash tabula lern , lt C annot b 3 doubted that the Atlantic and Great We - rt ntt I ossesqng almost a monopoly of the petro leum traffic, Or g.? ' S sing over the extensi e coal fields of whir h are eater extent than even the large field of Pennsylvania, la Ii s hqw results at lea , t equal, and roost proi4ably exceed- C i 3 ome of those above named. e°ll,l4N?f°lc system of this Railway, when in operation, will T he Slain Line - Sa'amanca to Dayton 385 miles , Branch to Cleveland 67 „ l 'ranklin Branch e nd Buffalo Extension BO „ ih* Total 632 „ is 322 miles havo been successfully worked during the k e ' r lrfler ; or the last three months •he earntngq . having ex tritrd 1 ,000,0 , 0 dollars Es imating the receipts on the ti o ,: r e, line to be only aq great in proportion (and unques tee:aulY they will be considerably larger), there would Dols. gross receipt of . . 4 Jelucting 50 per cent. working expenses .. 3,373,708 Leaving net gain 3,373,78 Interest on total Bonded De„t, in- Dols eluding pre ent Issue ..... ....... 966,560 Rent of Leased Lines -1,266,560 Thi s Leaving surplus 2 107,418 to b i under ordinary circumstances, would be . applicable Interviclend on Stock, but for the amount requi . red to pay th est on lionds (7,7,80 dollars being payable in London, at flxe 1 rate of 4s per dollar, and the rate o. exchange litip`ji: se nt ruling Xceptionaliy high), a rortion of above surplus Would be absorbed in the premium for gold. ino re s thus evident that the resources of the road will b_ e far the r,, t P a n equal to meet the charge for interest, even should T h -e ei exchange rule much higher than at present. e several divisions of the Atlantic and Great Western 4 ar t : a htive been c.nsolida ed under the governments of 44, obb, Esq., whose reput tion as a Banker and ltai.l - is estab ished in Europe as we 1 as in ' Nat ea • Mr. Robb as President of the Atlantic and Great e, ll l Railway, joins the Direction of the Erie and other t o - a l. 4 erniing, the Throu_h Route between I\ ew York and St. 6 0 as to secure unity of action. /I,: Price of issue has been fixed at (6. t erms of issu: are as follows : £ s. d 10 per cent on application, being 11 5 0 per bond of 10)0 dole. 15 on allotment „ 22 10 0 If 15 19th November „ 33 15 0 I/ 19th D. cember „ 33 15 0 ~ let „J 19th January „ 47 5 0 less £ 7 Coupon due annary gal-s £l4 10 0 1 44 4 , c'thers have the option of payinz the instalments in and will be allowed a discount of 9 per cent per an- Aft 7" suc h pre - PaYmen s. a er allotrn.nt, Scrip Certificates will be issued to t o ` e-rer The C rtificates will be exchai ged for Bonds b ear ~ se e p or er on paym nt of the final instalment. of Application may be obtained at the Consolidated street, : or at the officeor of s of the Company, No. 2, Old Broad - London, E.C., E. F. SATT ERTH WAITE, Broker, Lona 18. Throgmorton-street, London , E.C. s'‘' ol : l , Oct. 12, 1864. --- ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. T° be f FORM OF APPLICATION. orwarded to the offices of the Company'. No. 2, Old il,rylstreet, London, E.C., alter payment of the prelimi- No e Posit to the Bankers. t i t to he."—Athntic and Great Western Railway C om p an y . Of °trig pad to the Consolidated B ink (Limited) the sum bae I hereby request that you will allot sad G eols. Second 11Iortgage Bonds of the Atlantic 4 14ee l e at Western Railway (Ohio Division), and I hereby Mlote t ° accept such Bonds, or any less number tha t ma y be o me. I am, your obedient servant, Sip.ature Address in lull - Date D AMR RACHEL'S CIRCASSIAN WA ;H, ALABASTER POWDER, and GOLDEN Itr ee i` . WASH Can (nly be obtained at 47A, New Bond- AirROSCOPE and TELESCOPE combined , Po , just introduced, both of' wonderful power, in Case, 255. 21s ''''l'a TELESCOPES, define 5 idles, 10s. 6d. ; 10 Miles, .i,; Dito. and tor Asronomy, 40s. in ginet s , t 3 Powers, 10s. t 6d., magnifies 15,000 ti MICROSCOPES mes ; Ditto, isnifying, 3C,00 , , 215., with Animalculte Cafe, Life Box,Jrc. The , Compound Achroma'ic Ditto, power 65,000, 84s. at 40 '1 . most powerful Race Glasses, made with sling cases , ,NiAGIC LAN TERNS and DISSOLVING VlEWS.—Magic Lanterns and 36 Pic'ures , 7 s. 6 d. ; f; 4 1'‹er Size, 10s. 6d. Dissolving Apparatus complet,‘, 70s. Itblil se'Upp eseriptr Baker-ive Catalog reet. ues for two stamps. Post Orders pay : st '"ERNA.RD DAVIS, 410, EUSTON-ROAD, LONDON. Optician to the Institutions. S b ECTACLE S.—Lenses ground on a new pa principle, requ'ring less than half the usual mamifying rern' r • anth which the smallest print m,,y be read to ex ol awe , vv _ (From the "Medical Circular," Nov. 16, 1859.) thei r have seen Mr. Davis's improved syectacles, , and by s t gid the most detective vision may be improved. ' Ss. a e d e l Frames and Pebbles, 10s. 6d. and 7s. 6d. Glasses, ac, •) Gd 3 • ~ Country residents suited by stating ESKELL'S PATENT,—The ..sk,,exclusive right to this Patent was F ecure (1 to Mr. of Grosvenor-street , t Grosvenor-square, by her Ma his s Royal ~s e v orstre , a (July 17, e 18(0), and can only be procured at 11 4ti e n side nce, ' whe- mens ' maybe seen, and every infor to c an be obtai e n s e p d e . ci Under this Patent, Artificial Teeth, 1 3 at u '',_a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without tende"rr e xraAions. They support loose teeth, and protect (le tPetat il , ; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un ieui„,!,e• and they are guaranteed tor mastication and `Nin - "ii• Tr t the subject sent for seven stamps, eultatio ea Ise e ns free. a "I ft 1, OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. -1411 fiel . .11 3 ' el l , dental-surgeon, hag succeeded in producing laurp o :" teeth, and so construct' g them that they last thei r ande a lifetime. . . . The process has been patented , Keblibes to be most valuable."—Court Journal, August tr itic l ` e ' l v ilr pr'sing r ovelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth I) "leei' n ja_, by a patented principle, which s , cur , s the most 'PPea. „ mbined ith th- e - retest ease and agreeable an e. co " — Morning w Advertrser. a August 9, 1810. 8 , (~... 'oYed teeth stopped, &c. Terms strictly moderate. ---....„22______svel_aor-street, Bond-street. BENEFACTOR ()F THE SKIN. — 'LOLL Ap , 8 1%111:: highly p perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and t ronised the faculty, nobility, and gentry. a te r --, equals the tiesprope and qualitles of the Soap No. of eu‘ ordi n ary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all oases p er reous affect or atism. hai r. aioed toilet ions ea cram rheu m , cold cream, and pomatam for the are, " b our ~e cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable All 1. 2 21 A, i; --s e Preparations may be had at the central depot, 4 na 8 'egent-street, I ondon, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery Se n. ?us, Barclay and 'Sons Edwards, Keating, Samzer and rito4,_,°l,tr eaunetti, plication2rg r. John and all Chemists. Pamphlets and tes t - ee on a . Oto ° Pdi b h3ISaY, chemist , 119, rge- street u N°. 22,561 Now ready. at all the Libraries, in 3 vole , THE MASTER OF MARTON. " There is a great deal to admire in • The Master of Marton.' It is well written, and it has an interesting plot. The characters are ,idmirably drawn. The dialogue through out is good, sparkling everywhere with geniality and wit. It will teke a very high place among the novels of the sea bon."—Star. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On 20th October will be published. THE PERPETUAL CURATE. By the Author of " Sa em Chapel." Being a New Series of THE CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD. Threa vole lost Bvo., lie. 6d. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Fifth Thousand, with magnificent emblematic cover, de signed by John Leighton, F.S.A., price 21s. ; or in morocco „,._ extra, 365., THE ILLUSTRATED INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, from 60 Origin tl Drawings by Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. A Library Edition, in Two Vols. Bvo., with the Or ginal Plates, from I )rawings by Cruilcsnan and Le, ch, 218. Also, an Edition without Illustratiuus, fcp. Bvo., ss. ; or on toned paper, 7s. 6d. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Demy Bvo., extra cloth, 6s. 6d., IFE lig NATURE, VARIETIES, and IA PHENOMENA. By LEO H. GRINDON. Third Edition. " Mr. Grindon's book has reached, but will not stop at, the third edition. It is the work of a soholar 4 a Christian, and a man of real science." —Horning Herald. " To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful and b autifully-written reflec tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we in , iy rest assured, of many fruitful meditations and plea sant memories." —Sun " The reader will find in it much thou_ ht and much read ing. There is plenty to think up n, plenty to study, plenty o entertain."—lllustrated London News." London : F. Pitm in, 20, Pa t ernoster-row, E.O Crown Bvo., cloth, 400 r ages, price 55., HIDDEN SP RINGS. By the Rev. I. PARKER, of Manchester. " The sermons of Dr. Pay Ler are espec al y noticeable for clearness of thought and language. All seems as if it were written with a pencil of 1 ght N tore is every where in the ascendant, and hence its matchless force . . . . There is no speakin2; for speaking's sake, no display of any kind ; every word is an arrow directed to the mark."—Bri tish Standard. London: F. Pitman, 2 1 , Paternoster-row, E.C. 280 pp., cloth, lettered, price 38., VEGETABLE COOKERY. —Pastry, Pickling, &c. This volume supplies a want long fe't. Cookery books exist in abundance, but they relate almost exclusively to the preparation of dishes from animal food. ' his work is devoted entirely to the proper cooking,* ot vegetable., to preserving ; i ickling, the preparation ot sauces, soups, beverages, ctn, &c., and f rms a complete treatise upon the p.ubject. Vecetables, fruits, &c., constitute th half ot our daily food: here is an essay ui•on the best possible preparation of this half'. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Nth Thousand, price is., DR. HARVEY ON CORPULENCE. —Its diminution and cure without injury to health, with Remarks upon th' Maladies produced by obesity : C ANC p.R and CONSUMPTION. New and painless treat ment. Price is. By JOAN HARVEY, M.D., v, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square. Smith and Co., 5?, Long-acre. PROMENADE CONCERTS. T HE STRAND MUSI CK HALL will OPEN on MONDAY, the 17th October. with a Company composed of the following eminent Artistes : Vocalists —M a dile. Rosa Wilks, of the Conservatoire Royale de Musique, Brussels, and of the Principal Concerts of Belgium, Holland, Germany, France, &c. ; Madlle. F nny Molidoff, Prima Sopran , of the Principal U. , ncerts of France, Germany, Prussia. Belgium, ; Madlle, Carlotta Mayer, of the Prin ipal Concerts of France, Belgium, Germany, c. Instrumentalists—Violin, Signor Giovanni Adelmann, Principal Violinist at toe Conservatoire de Milan; Cornet h-Piston, Mons. Duhem, Pr,,fessor at the Conservatoire Royale at Brussels ; Pianoforte, Mons. Tito Mattel, Pianist to his Majesty the King of Italy Orchestra—First Violin Principal, Herr Strebinrrer Messrs. Mack , nzie, J. Russell, G eesleach, P. Marsh, A. llaynes. Second. V, lin : Principal, Mr. J. Newsham ; Messrs. Gunnis, J. Ma! shall. T. Porter. Vio ins: Pr lacipai, Mr 11. Smyden ; Mr. Thompson. Violoncellos : Pri ca al and Solo, Mr. W. F. Reed ; Mr. Schroeder. Contra Bassi : Principal, Mr. W. Castell ; Mr. Verson Percival Flutes : Principal 'aid Solo, Mr. C. A. V, ells ' • Mr J. Edwa ds. Ob ,, es : Principal and Solo, Mr. O. En le ; Mr A. Lane. Clarionettes : Principal and Sol . , Mr. G Tyler • Mr J. Tyler. Bassoons : Principal and l'Oko, Mr. W. B. Wo!)ten ; Mr. P. Anderson. Horns : Principal, Mr. W. H andley ; Mr. J. Tuley. Cor nets : Principal and Solo, Mr. A. Bouleourt ; Messrs J. Davis, hi. H. Stratford. Trombones: Alto, Mr. F. Kendall; Tenor, Mr. Rochester ; Basso. Mr. J. Maris. Euphonium : Sig. A. Jannotta. Tympany : Mr T. P. Chipp. Grosse Casse : Mr. F. Buxton. Side Drum, Triangle, &c.: Mr. C. Thomp son. Harp : Mr. Stratford. Musical Director, Mr F. Kingsbury. Private boxes,' 10s: 6d. ; box stalls, 2s. 6d. ; balcony and stalls, as. ; area, ls. Box-office, 17, Wellingtou-street. STRAND MUSICK HALL, TWO GUINEA SEASON TICKETS. A. limited number of Annual Tic'ets, conferring he pri. vilege of entrée tr) PRIVTE I AULiA TO. MORROW (SATURDAY) the , the 15th instant, G to be T had ION at thl Box-office, 17, Wellington-street. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.-HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Third Appearance of Mr. SANTLEY TO-NIGHT. POSITIVELY THE LAST NIriILIT BUT THREE. THE BAND OF THE DANISH GUARDS. DANISH NATIONAL VOCALISTS. The new Danish Fantasia, arranged expressly for this oc casion by M. Ju lien, entitled DAN SIDE TONER. Vocalist Mdlle. Liebhart. Violin M. Lotto. Conductor M. Jullien. Admission—ONE SHILLING. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL BAL D'OPERA on WED. NESDAY, October 19. mR. GERMAN REED'S New OPERA di CAMERA ENTERTAINMENT.—TO-NIGHT, at Eight o'clock, TIIE SLE EPING QUEEN, by M. W Esq., the libre to by H. Funk, Esq., and suAained by Miss D'Este inlay. on, Mr. W hiffin, Mr. Wilkinson, and. Miss Poole. To be followed by TOO MANY COOKS, adapted from M. Offenbach by Mr. German Reed, the libretto by C. Furtado, Esq., and in which Mi6s D'Este Finlayson, Mr. Whiffin, and Mr. J. A ShAw will appear. ROYAL GAL LERY of ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Every evening except Sat rday), at 8. Saturday morning, at 3. Unreserved seats, is , 25,; stalls, 35.; stall chairs, 55., can Bow be secured at the Gdlery without fee. H E 01(1 , 0R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury 11.11 Company (limited. LA FAVORITE, MARTHA, THE TROVATORE, &c., by the following Artistes, viz., Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, Walmsley, Tyr' , 11, (Ix. With augmented Band and Chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. Mr. JACKSON HANES, the Champion Skater, in his per forrnanc..,' on' the I)rawiug Room Skates, of Quadrilles, Varsoviennes, &c. UNSWORTH (or any other man), EUGENE, W. Randall, H. Nash, Herr Hermann, and Mdlle. Cava ho. First Appearance of LE PETIT BLONDIN on SATUR DAY next. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. Triumphant Success of PRINCE PERFUME AND PRINCESS BOUQUET. Under the title of Prince Perfume and Princess Bouquet is nightly to be seen at the Canterbury Hall a Magic Spectacle far transcending* in poetry of concept on. b auty and in eeeuity of arrangement, scenic effect, and brilliancy and colour any former ap lication (even at this Hall) of the princi , le k own as the OPTICAL ILLUSION. n this last collective disp ay of scenic art and of brilliant choreograp , is and statuesque grouping will be found pic'u , es surpassing some of the greatest achievements of the Modern Extra vaganza—St e "THE SHIPWRECK'," "THE PHANTOM COMBAI'," and " IRE CURTAIN OF FIRE." The "Illusive Sketch," which is the centre of these corns cat•on s, is by Mr. W. F. Vandervell; the overture and inci dental music by Willem Vandervell. Prince Perfume, Mrs. William Randall. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). 3/I[ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. Established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model 01 MULLER, taken from life, is now added. Admission, ls. Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Sole Proprietor, R. R. BIGNELL. During, the week, and till further notice, in addition to the Dance Music, Selections fr , m Verdi's popular Operas, It Trovatore, Traviata, Rigoletto, '&2.; Meyerbeer's Ittoile du Nord, HuLruenot. , . &c. ; Melodies of the Forest, Valse, Guy Mannering, Polka, &c. Conductor—L. CURTI. Doors open at half-past S.—Admission, One Shilling. Manager—M. GRENET. TE'R TH. - IMPROVED MECHANICAL A DENTIS PRY.—Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined in the pro !notion of AR Tin CIAL TIIET n upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by c:nsalting Mr. AL itERT, 34, Great Russell at, eet, Bloomsbury. whose experience has enhbled him to eff-ct such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so pet f ectly efficint. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS. —A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre- Jared without any mercurial iredient, from therecipe of Dr. , c,ott, of Bromley, Kent, will b ng e found' f to all who suffer from bilious and tiver eomplaints, indigestion, wind, pasms, giddiness, dizzinea of the eyes, &o. For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and vratelul to he stomach, they create apperite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, B, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 28. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine arc a square green package, with " Willi a m Lambert," engraved en the stamp. ''``" ll) •a - , 70 441 9:li.tri L• - - di* J . . • . 16 40 titff - 1 7 ' l.! - E1 • .5 I, ' / 4 :0 k1111111.' 4% D ;6lk R 4- - ea • ' THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1864. 11. 4 U RN 1 l'U RE, CARNETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. UI...ELGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- S ISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett ana Co are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo din -able engravings of every description of Furniture and ...easteasis, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains nomplete estimates for furnishing on the following revised stale:-- A. Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-ro , meo ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto 391 11 0 Together with a Price List of purified bedding, and a mass of valnable informationto all requiring househ3ld furniture, 'arpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and' gentlemen in or near Great Stalvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby , Ryde , Ply mouth, Wells. Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. 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Separate Tenders for Bread and for Meat must be made far each of the above-mentioned ,cations or Barracks, as sepa rately grouped and number d. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this ofll .e, by letter addressed to the Senior Commissariat Officer, or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filed up and signed, and no Tender will be noticed unless de livered at the under-mentioned office, undPr closed envelope (m arked on the outside, " Ten er for Commissariat Supplies,") before 12 o'clock noon on the 28th October. Deputy Commi-sary General's Office, 5, New-street, Spring Gardens, London, S.W., t th October, It6l. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1836. Of f ices-1, Dale- -treet, Liverpool; 20 and 21. Poultry, 7, Cornhill, and 56, Charing-cross, London. (Empowered Special y by Parliament.) INVESTED FUNDS EXCEED £3,n1 , 0,000 STERLING. 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ANN PHILLIPS ROBERTSON, deceased. — Pursuant to an Act of Parliament of the 22d and 23d Victo:ia, chapter 35, entituled" An Act to further amend the Law of Prove ty and to Relieve Trustecs," Notice is hereby given, that all Creditors and ot ier pe , sons having any claims or demands upon or against the estate of ANN PHILLIPS ROBERTSON, f rmcrly of No. 3, Pembridge-sq , iare, in the parish of Saint Mary Abbott's, Kensington, and late of No. 3, Eglinton-villas, Ortville-road, Saint J hn's-wood, both in the county of Middlesex, widow, aho died on the twenty sixth day of lune, one thousand eic]tt hunch , d and sixty four, and whose will was proved in the p , incipal registry of her Majesty's Court of Probate, on the first day of August, on thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, by Charles '1 unaley, of No. 1, Miibrook -place. 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Dated this eleven h day of October, Ism J. CHAPeLE, 19, Great Carter-lane, t octors' Commons. Inauguration of the Statue of Father Mathew. (from the Times Correspondent.) DUBLIN, Oct. 10. The public have been made acquainted with the career o Father Mathew, "the Apostle of Temperance," by the ex cellent "life" of him lately published by his friend and fellow-labourer, Mr Maguire, M.P., the present Mayor of Cork. The principal parts of his remarkable history may be briefly recalled to the recollection of our readers. Theo bald Mathew was a native of Tipperary, having been born at Thomastown, five miles west of Chisel, on Oct. 10,1790 HO was of good family, and had aristocratic connections. He presented a striking illustration of the saying that the child is father to the man, being remarkable in his youth for benevolence, gentleness, and piety. Having evinced a desire to become a priest, he entered Maynooth in. his 17th year, but he was prevented by circumstances from finishing his course in that college. He became, however, a priest of the order of Capuchins; and, being sent to the friary of that order in Kilkenny, he soon became popular and influential in consequence of his ability and earnestness as a preacher. He was removed from that " mission " to Cork, where he laboured fox forty years—nearly to the close of his career—in a place called "the Little Friary," Black amoor-lane. He had won for himself a position of corn mending influence by his unceasing labours in the cause of philanthropy, when his attention was particularly directed to the prevalence of intemperance among the work ing classes in the south, and the miseries it entailed. There had been a temperance movement in Ulster conducted by a few Presbyterian ministers, and some members of the So ciety of Friends gave it their entire support. But it was evident they could produce little effect among Roman Ca tholics, who must be moved through their religious feelings, and that could be done only by one of their own priests. It was under these circumstances that a fellew.townstnan, Mr William Martin, pressed upon the Capuchin friar the duty of devoting himself to the temperance cause, After much delberaion Mathew conquered the modesty and diffi dence of his nature, and entered with his whole heart upon his great mission. The t fleets he produced excited astonish ment and admiration wherever they became known. Not only in the south and west, among Roman Catholics and people of the Celtio race, but among the Saxons of Lein s•er and the sturdy Presbyterians of Ulster, the marvellous influence of the humble trier was felt. He was also most warmly received in England and Scotland. A reformation unparalleled in modern times was effected through the in. strumentality of his preaching and the administration of the temperance pledge. The charm of his goonnees, his earnestness, his loving and charitable spirit, which knew no distinction of party, and scarcely any distinction of creed, won all hearts. A priest of such a spirit, labouring so dis interestedly in such a cause in Ireland, struck people as a phenomenon so strange as to be almost a miracle in itself; and it is not wonderful that the Roman Catholic peasantry, and oven some Protestants, believed that he was gifted with miraculous power. But his mission involved him in pecuniary difficulties, and debt weighed heavily on his mind for years. Then came the famine of 1847. During that terrible year he made almost superhuman exertions to save the starving people, and exerted his influence most usefully in recommending and furthering the measures of the Government for the same object. But his labours and anxieties were too much for his strength. In 1848 he was smitten with paralysis. Partially recovering he went to America in the summer of 1849 in order to reclaim and ele vate his countrymen in the United States. His mission was successful, but his health gave way again, and he returnee to Ireland in 1851, broken down and disabled, but true ana brave to the last. He lingered on for five years, and he died at his work on the Bth December, 1856, in the 66th year of his age. It was generally felt that such a public benefactor should have an enduring monument erected to his memory in the principal scene of his labours, and the appeal made to the public for funds was responded to with the utmost alacrity. The late Mr Hogan received a commission for a statue of Father Mathew, and he had made some progress in the work when the hand of that distinguished artist was pre maturely arrested by death. This calamity caused consi derable loss of time. At length Mr Foley, R.A., was in duced to undertake the task, which he has completed in a manner which has won the admiration of every one who has seen the statue, which was this day unveiled in the pre sence of an immense multitude of spectators. In every re spect it is considered to be a masterpiece, even more success ful as a likeness and in the propriety of the attitude and cos tume than the beautiful statue of Goldsmith, by the same artist. The dress of Father Mathew was peculiarly suited to artistic purposes, so that it needed only to be literally copied, which has been done to perfection. The long frock coat with standing collar, the cloak placed loosely on the shoulders, and hanging in easy and graceful folds, and the half -military and half-clerical boots reaching to the knee breeches were habitually worn by Father Mathew, just as they appear in this bronze statue. The face is an excellent likeness. The ample hair crowning the full benevolent forehead, the grave, thoughtful, but sweetly benevolent fea tures are likewise faithfully given. Nothing can be better than the position. The Apostle of Temperance has the right hand extended, as it addressing the people, or about to ad minister the pledge to the kneeling postulates, while on the 16thighh, ha s b een d es i gne d high, including the plinth. left arm is raised a p ortion of the cloak, and in the left hand is placed a temperance medal, and on the bre ast is suspended a cross. The statue has been most successful ly cast by Mr The pedestal,which London. It d by Mr Atkins, archite ct. The followin g is t he inscription : _ e n M at h ew ," and t ( Apostle of Tem perance" on the freeze ; on the block " The tr ibute of a grateful p eo p l e" is inscribed in the fiont, and at the back" 864 " Erected in th e mayora l ty o f 1." John Francis Maguire , M.., The statue was placed on the p edestal on Saturday, and standsstan 9 s 1 8 t in covered with a scarlet robe, surmounted by a wreath of white flowers. The unveiling was effected on a new plan worthy of imitation. The robe Vas so arranged that by pulling a string it disappeared instantaneously. The procession attracted immense numbers. The whole population seemed to be in the streets, or thronging the windows and balconies along the whole route, which was about a mile and a half long. The procession took an hour and 45 minutes in passing. The weather was most fa vourable, and the whole effect was exceedingly animated and brilliant. It was quite surprising that a provincial city like Cork could turn out its trades in such large num bers and with such splendid decorations. The first carriage conveyed the Mayor of Cork and the corporate officers • after this the six private carriages; the Mathew Committee, with their guests, went next in seven carriages; then came eight or nino temperance societies, with their bands; then the members of tho young men's societies, The trades marched in the following order : — Corkcutters, cabinet mayors, bakers, home painters, stonecutters, curriers, house carpenters, stonerswe s, blacksmiths, farriers, tailors, plasterers, shipwrights, coopers, boot and shoe makers, victuallers, coaehmakers, and sawyers. The Odd Fellows' Society and Foresters made a grand show. All those who walked in the procession bore wands tipped with blue or green, each wearing a bit of white riband. They also wore scarfs (generally green) with white rosettes. The flags and banners were all new, and many of them really beautiful. There was not a policeman to be seen on duty through the town, e7nept at the platform ; . and yet there was not a single instance of disorderly conduct during the whole day, though in some instances persons fainted from the pressure of the crowd. The good conduct of the people excited the astonishment of strangers. A re markable feature in the scene was the number of women of all ages with children in their arms, not a few of them mothers with infants at their breast. It was calculated that the number of people in the streets could not be less than 60,000, and the Cork people say that no demonstration of such magnitude, or so gratifying in its nature, ever before took place in the city. The procession began to move punctually at 12 o'clock and ended about 2 o'clock, when the Mayor ascended the platform and addressed the multitude. The spectacle at this moment was magnificent. The site is in Patrick-street, near Patrick's-oridge, the most commanding in the city. The whole of that street, with the streets and quays ad joining, were densely packed with human beings, present ing the appearance of a pavemeLt of heads—over which the banners floated gaily at intervals, The windows and bal conies were also filled, and even the house tops in some in stances were covered with spectators. The Mayor, in his eloquent address, briefly reviewed the life and labours of Father Mathew, and asked : _ _ " Who pleaded so passionately for the poor as he did ? who worked for them as he did ?—who sacrificed for them as he did P—who stripped himself of his worldly goods and embarrassed himself for them as Theobald Mathew did P (Cheers.) Think of the time when multitudes of G,Ki's creatures—old and young, the strong man and the tender infant—lived upon his charity—would have perished with out his daily biunty ; and then say, however glorious his fame as the most illustrious reformer of his age, whether he is not dearer to you as the devoted priest of the sanctuary, as the dauntless champion of the poor, as he who fed the hungry, and gave drink to the thirsty, and clothed the naked, and sheltered the stranger and the wanderer, and protected the widow and the orphan!" (Cheers.) He con cluded as follows :—" The fight he fought was a great and a noble one, and he resolved to die in harness. He died as a soldier of the Cross, with his armour on. He died amid the tears and the benedictions of all men, and upon his sainted grave no hand has flung aught but a flower, and no tongue has coupled his holy name with aught save a blessing or a prayer. (Hear, hear.) This, then, is the man whom you are met this day to honour—to honour by your union, your con cord, your dignity of demeanour. (Hear, hear.) To honour such a man is to do honour to yourselves, to your country, to the Irish name; not to honour him would be a disgrace to you and to Ireland. (Loud cheers.) It is now my pleas ing du y, in the name of the citizens of Cork, to unveil the statue which is to stand hencetorward in your city as an enduring memorial of its best and greatest citizen,' and to present to the gaze of those whom he loved and served in life the semblance of those features which are so familiar to their memories and so dear to their hearts. (Cheers.) Let the statue be now unveiled." (Enthusiastic cheers.) Brief addresses were then delivered by Mr Taylor, of the National Temperance League, London, Mr Jas. Haughton, Dublin ; and the Rev. Mr Dunscombe, a clergyman of the Established Church. They exhorted the people to follow the counsels of him whose memory they that day honoured, and expressed a hope that the demonstration could lead to a revival of the temperance cause. The multitude then quietly separated. The shops in the town were nearly all closed during the day. No bands have played during the evening, and up to the hour at which I write (9 o'clock) everything is perfectly quiet in the city. Naval and Military Intelligence. On Wednesday evening a wicker basket, containing a quantity of cotton waste, was discovered on fire in the fore part of her Majesty's screw corvette Niger, nuw rigged and ready for commission in basin at Woolwich. It appears that a number of the factory men had been employed dur ing the day in a wooden shed erected for their accommo dation in one of the coal bunkers, where they had used a lighted candle. The candle had most probably ignited the waste used for wiping oil and other cleansing pox poses,and which, when the fire was discovered, was together with the basket partly consumed. It is customary for a police sergeant and constable, accompanied by an in spector of shipwrights, to make a tour of the yard and to inspect every ship in the fitting basins and docks, as well as each shed and workshop, subject to fire, soon after the men cease work at night. On making their usual rounds shortly after the men had left at night, the discovery was fortu nately made, and little exertion was consequently required to extinguish it, beyond a slight application of the fire hose, ready at hand, The Niger, it may be added, has recently undergone a thorough overhaul and repair, at a coat of upwards of £ lO,OOO. The Rhole of Mejor Reilly's B battery of Horse Artillery have arrived at Woolwich, from Aldershot, consisting of six officers and 180 non-commissioned officers and men. A special notification, independently of that published a few days ago from the Horse Guards, was yesterday received by Gen. \Verde, C. 8., Commandant at Woolwich, from the Earl de Grey and Ripon, Secretary of Sta•e forWar,warrnly thanking the ( fficers and men of the garrison on behalf of the Government for their gallant exertions at Erith, and commending the unexampled readiness and energy with which they set themselves to the task of preventing the threatened inundation of the country. The notification was yesterday circulated throughout the garrison, and gave great satisfaction. Major-Gen. Warde having closed his outdoor drill session at Woolwich the u , ual permissions tor leave of absence were yesterday made known, and will bo extended to March 15, 1865. The Explosion at Erith and the Insurance Companies. VESTRY MEETING AT ERITH. Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock a numerously-attended vestry meeting of the ratepayers of Ent h, convened by the churchwardens, was held for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken for the speedy restoration of the parish church, which was severely damaged by the gun powder explosion, which took place on Saturday, the Ist inst. The meeting assembled in the first instance in the vest!, room of the parish church, but the discomfort ari-ing from broken windows, &c., was such that it was found impossible to proceed with the business, and it was resolved to adjourn to the National Schoolroom. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Archdeacon Smith the vicar, who stated that the vestry had been convened to ascertain the best course to be adopted with reference to the damages inflicted upon the church by the late fearful catas trophe. As they were all aware, the ancient edifice was now so dilapidated that it would be impossible to open it again for divine service until a considerable sum had been expended for repairs. The building was insured, but it appeared that the insurance companies generally had repu diated any claim for damages caused by the explosion. Mr Churchwarden PARISH produced the policy of insur ance with the London Insurance Corporation, and stated that, in reply to a claim, the company had flatly denied its liability for any damage caused by the explosion. Several individuals had made claims upon the company with a similar result. On the policy being reed, several ratepapers expressed opinions that by the terms of the document the company was clearly responsible. Dr BROWNE said he was not so certain upon this point, It was true that the remote cause of the catastrophe was fire, but the immediate cause was explosion. If they went into a court of law it was probable that the issue would be deter mined by the immediate cause. At the same time, there was no special exemption in the policy which would do away with the liability of the company. Mr PARISH said he understood that the opinions of coun sel had been obtained by various companies, and those opinions were in favour of non-liability. After some conversation it was resolved, on the motion of Mr Read, that a deputation, consisting of the vicar and churchwardens, do wait upon the directors of the company to represent the case, and obtain a final reply. Dr. BROWNE observed he thought it was advisable that an interview should be had with Mr Hall, the proprietor of the magazine which exploded, as he would probably be in clined to render assistance should it be found impossible to obtain satisfaction from the insurance company. A Ratepayer considered it would be the wisest plan to let that matter tem in until the termination of the coroner's inquest and the verdict of the jury was known. It appeared that a letter had been found, and which was sworn to be in the handwriting of Rayner, the manager of the magazine, which complained that the barrels containing gunpowder were not properly made. It' it should turn out as a result of the full investigation, which would doubtless be made, that any culpable neglect existed on the part of the proprietors of the works that would put a different aspect upon the matter. Mr. BUTLER thought it would be advisable to see Mr Hall, who might render assistance voluntarily, but it would be unwise to raise the question of responsibility with that gentleman at present. In reply to Mr 1-i artridge, it was stated that the repairs of the church would amount to upwards of After some discussion it was resolved that the vicar and churchwardens be requested to confer with Mr Hall on the subject. A conversation then took place with reference to the necessary discontinuance of divine service at the parish church. The Rev. CHAIRMAN observed that a great difficulty existed in obtaining a proper place for public worship ; but he would arrange that the schoolroom should be fitted up, so that at least one service should be held on the Sabbath,' The vestry then adjourned, PRICF ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern; Mr E. W. Watkin in the chair. Mr J. M. Grant, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report for the half year ending the 30th of June be received and adopted, said it would be his duty to give them en account of their stewardship. They had endea voured to give the proprietors ail the information they could in the report, so that they might be able more calmly to consider the state of their affairs than it was possible for them at a meeting of that kind. He was enabled to state that the traffic re turns for the week ending the 24th of September amounted to £27,636 against £24,679 for the cor responding week of last year. (Hear, hear.) He found that, on comparing the traffic receipts from the Ist of July to the date he had mentioned with those fur the same period in 1863, there was an in crease of £41,454, or 17 per cent. On taking the receipts and expenses up to the latest return there was an increase in the Litt receipts of £15,068, or 351 per cent. They would find the statement of capital in the 18th and 19,h pages of the report, and it was unnecessary for him to add anything to that statement. He would pass on to the other side of their account, which included the deplorable acci dent of i ßeloeil Bridge, the continuation of the American war, and the American currency. As regarded the Belocil accident they were unable to discover any fault in the company's rules for work ing tee traffic. The Beloeil Bridge crossed a tribu tary of the St Lawrence, and was a lift or swing bridge. He was not aware of any swing bridge taat had been worked without accident. At almost all the swing bridges accidents had happened. It was a dangerous thing to life and property on a railway to have such bridges, capable of form ing a gap in the way; it was most desirable to do away with such bridges, and substitute permanent structures in their place. A settlement of all the claims had been effected on terms which were fair to the sufferers and to the company. He then ex plained that the fluctuation in the American cur rency had given the directors great anxiety. On taki❑g the quotations of the prices of gold since August, 1863, he found they fluctuated from 1222 to 276, and from the 16th of July last the highest price was 276, and it came down as lo w as 189. Those fluctuations caused immense disturbance in the whole of their operations. He would be glad if they could render an account in sterling money, and have only small deductions to deal with, but to give an idea of the fluctuations in the American cur rency during the past year they must suppose a sovereign worth at one time 165., then to go down gradually to 75., and afterwards rise to lls. and all varieties between those amounts. This caused the price of labour and materials to fluctuate very con siderably, so as to make it very difficult to control and regulate their affairs. They had been more for tunate in this respect than other companies; they had large sums to pay in American currency on account of their having 228 miles of their railway in the United States; they had to pay working ex penses, interest on bonds, and the Portland sinking fund in that currency (£42,000), making altogether about £160,000 or £170,000, which they were en abled to pay in that currency to the 20th of June. Tney had sold a portion of their American funds, and could replece them at a profit of 30,000 dole. which was a fortunate and prudent transaction, but it did not follow that losses en that account might not occur. With money at 9 pot e, nt. in Loudon it was necessary to be cautious. It might go Liver or come down in a few months hence to 4 per cent. The fluctuations in prices bad caused the cost of roiling rails to rise from 30 doll. a ton to 42 dole. a too, and wages of labourers from 1 dol. a day to 1 do!. 75c., just as if the value of a sovereign were to vary from Hs. to 7e. This had also caused a ;treat stagnation of trade, which would continuo more or less as those fluctuations heppened. Or the other side of the account they had been enabled to purchase £lOO,OOO of Portend bonds which they would have to pay off in 1866, and as they had a good opportunity to purchase them they had em braced it. They could now dispose of these bonds at a profit ; and they proposed to deal with them as was best for the interests of the company. The gross receipts from all sources during the half-year ending the 30th of June amounted to £528,301, the working expenses to £315,021, and the balance to £213,280; deducting from this £31,489 for the re newal of the permanent way left a net balance of £181,791. The gross receipts, as compared with t hose of the corresponding half of 1863, showed an increase of £72.079, or equal to 15 80 per cent. There was an increase in the number of passengers carried of 66,1E4, or 14 47 per cent., and in the re ceipts for passengers of £25,488, or 17'12 per cent. The average receipt per passenger in 1863 was ss. 7d., and in 1864, 6s. With regard to the freight they had carried 430,034 tons, against 369.484 tons, showing an increase of 60,550 tons. The re ceipts for freight had been £349,539, as against £302,088, showing an increase of 47,451, or 15.70 per cent. The average yield per to❑ in 1864 was 16s. 3d., and in 1863, 16s. 4d. He then called attention to the progress the company had made in respect of net revenue. For the year 1859 it amounted to £73,357, in 1860 to £102,684, in 1861 to £142,492, in 1862 to £170,233, and in 1863 to £315,036; and for the first half of 1864 to £181,791, which was the largest net receipt they had ever had in any previous half year. He called their attention to the improvement of the perma nent way, which had hitherto gone on rapidly, but it might happen that in carrying out those improve. ments financial considerations might induce them to exercise some caution. The agreement with the Buffalo and Lake Huron Company had been car ried into effect, and he was happy to say it had met with approval in Upper Canada, and was working most satisfactorily. Instead of the Western produce sent by that line being confined to the route via Buffalo, the forwarder could now send it as well to Toronto or to Montreal. Mr Brydges had re ported that the traffic over the Buffalo and Lake Hurcn line was now 40 per cent. more than for the corresponding period of last year, and he was of opinion that it the international bridge at Buffalo was completed he could easily double that increase. With regard to the leased lines they were working satisfactorily. The receipts on the Atlantic and St. Lawrence lines amounted to £104,000, and after deducting expenses and other charges, there re mained a balance of £6,166. But if the interest on those bonds were payable in England, there would have been a loss in exchange of £5,588. The Detroit and Port Huron line showed a receipt of £27,616, and expenses of £28,425, inducting rent, showing an apparent loss of £BO9 ; but if they had to pay in gold there would have been a loss of £7,068. The accounts with respect to the state of crops in Canada led them to believe that they would have as much traffic on the railway as they could carry. The only limit would be the quantity of plant they could make available to carry it. He found that the Canadian revenue was in a most satisfactory state, and was more than sufficient to meet the current expenditure. The receipts for Customs in September in Montreal were 4,000,00 0 dole., against 2.400,000 dole. for the same month Jae! year. At Hamilton and Toronto the increase was also very considerable, eho tying that the general trade of the country was very satisfac'ory. He had every confidence that the reciprocity treaty be tween the United States and Canada would be re newed on an equitable end fair basis. He believed that the cessation of that treaty bad been the cause of the present endeavour to unite the upper and lower provinces of North America into one Govern ment, instead of three separate Governments ; to organise one system of defence, and one system of legal tribunals instead of three;' , IletlithftW 4 , .:64;- ) an arrangement ought to havetbeir - coital - 4: - 5p0V,.. 4 wishes for success. They had US milei'affirifsiiikl?", in the American States, and tilik - ..opuAlletl;iff,tiislit 2 4, ness with the American people Itete7lttithil.)ritXty i friendly and satisfactory manner. 1. i vaii gifitt. object to consolidate the colonies under the British Crown extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific. When it was considered that in the year 1790 the population of the United States was less than that of Upper and Lower Canada and Nova Scotia at the present time, and that British provinces of North America had a larger habitable sur face than the United States, it was impossible to say what that great territory might be made by good management and united efforts. T:o immediate completion of the International Rail way would become a most essential matter for tho development of the large mineral and other re sources of those provinces under one local govern ment. Mr T. BARING, M.P., seconded the motion for the adoption or the report. Tee CHAIRMAN, iu reply to questions, stated that he loss on the currency in the past If-year had been avoided, not postponed—they had nothing to carry over on that account. As to tLe postal account he had been assured that it would be very soon set. tied, and he believed the Governuient of Canada would soon pay them what was due. Mr ADAMS said he held £1,200 stock in the company, and appealed to Mr. Baring as to whether he had not a right to be heard. He then proceeded to address the meeting, when . The CHAIRMAN ob)ected to hear Mr Adams until he could put the question to the meeting as to whether they would hear Mr Adams or not, and requested him to sit down. He (the chairman) said, owing to the state of his health, he would only be too glad to be released from his position in the con. pany. He would not preside over a meeting unlesa_ it was conducted in a businesslike manner. On two previous occasions Mr Adams had made speeches and voted at their meeting when he had no right what• ever to do so. He could not allow Mr Adams to proceed without first obtaining the assent of the meeting. Mr ADAMS contended that he had a right to be heard, and complained that the chairman had not allowed him to give an explanation. A PROPRIETOR thought that, as Mr Watkin had done so much for the company, they should support him in the course he thought proper to adopt, and be trusted that the day was not far distant when they would vote hith a substantial acknowledgment of those services. Mr J. MERCER said it was well known that Mr Adams entertained certain ideas and notions of his own ; and as he had addressed them twice before when he was not a proprietor, he thought the opia nion of the meeting should be taken. He now apt peared desirous of diverting the meeting from the statements of the Board, after the very able and clear manner in which everything had been laid before them. Mr. ADAMS said he never had an opportunity of replying to the observations. The CHAIRMAN then put the question, and the meeting by a show of hands decided on not hearing Mr. Adams. Mr. ADAMS said he must reply. The CHAIRMAN then put the motion for the adop. tion of the report, which was carried unanimously, and he declared the business concluded. Thanks were voted to the chairman and director?, and the meeting separated. HELSTON AND PENRYN. The first ordinary meeting of this company wag held at Helston, Cornwall, on Tuesday; Mr. S. T. Rcgers, M.P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that the Act of Parliament had been obtained without coLtest, and in the cheapest manner, and the line has been planned with a view to avoid heavy cuttings, for, though it tipped the g; anite district still there were only ono or two slight cuttings through the t rock, and there was only 4 per cent of vtAucts on the length of the line, as compared with 9 per cent. on the Cornwall line. The line would it - lett:tore be very economic Ally cAstructed, and he had no doubt would yield a fair percentage on the outlay. it was of great import ance to the district ; they had an immense quantity of the finest granite in the kingdom, an agricultural district capable of producing large quantities of early vegetables for ,the Lyndon market, and an abundant supply of fi,h along their coast. the following rn.n were , ppoin'ed c tors:•—Mr. I.'. J. A. lt +butes, M P.. I\lr. J. S. Aubyn, M. J. J. I.t.)gers, Mr. J. F. Basw, and Mr. Glynn Gryile. Mr. P. G. Hill was appointed Secretary, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceeding®. Tricks of Travellers. (Ironz the Builder.) Under the heading of "The Brothers Davenport," a party of adventurers from America five in number, here to exhibit certain "manifestations," have been so fortunate as to obtain such prominent notice by well-known writers in leading journals as will doub less send numbers of persons to them. Written with candour, and describing, we have no doubt, truthfully what occurred, the unquestionable inference to be drawn from the notices nevertheless is, that the writers believe they witnessed an exhibition of some unknown in telligence and force, " an annihilation of what are called material laws ;" and the notices are thus calculated to do much mischief. A week ago the writer was present at a seance with the party in question, in the private house of a distinguished gentleman; lords, ladies, naval captains, poets, artists, and public writers formed the circle; two of the mediums—not the Davenport Brothers, by the way, to whom the power was at first attributed, as one of them being unwell bad his place supplied—were tied to their chairs in a manner that seemed quite secure, and then very complete darkness being produced, guitars were strummed, bells were rung, and individuals touched ; while, on the candle being lighted, the two mediums were seen still tied in their chairs. Other acts followed, such as have been described in the newspapers ; thus the coat of one of the performers was whisked off (in the dark), and a loose coat, opportunely in the room, was whisked on. Again darkness, and the removal of the cords was heard ostentatiously grating, and a light showed the performers unbound in their chairs, to which afterwards they Were again tied up by "an unknown force 1" When we say that half the eminent persons in the room professed themselves thoroughly assured that other than ordinary agencies had been at work, it will be supposed, and rightly, that the tricks were cleverly played. The whole affair, however, is too gross and preposterous to stand a moment's reflection. On , y admit that one of the two me diums so contrives, when being tied that he can free his hands, and all else is perfectly simple. The whole proceed- ing is not half so difficult to comprehend as some of the pro fessional conjurors' tricks, and it might be thought we were wasting space in thus stepping beyond our province to de nounce the imposition; but when it is found that a Master of Arts more than hints that these adventurers belong to a quiet society, " the silent heralds of a social revolution, which must shake the world I" and we know the extent of the " colossal self-dec it," which permits itself to be made stronger by such exhibittions—it becomes the duty of every man who can obtain a hearing to assist in exposing the inju rious imposture. By what curious shutting up of the reason intelligent men and women can bring themselves to believe that those cords were noisily pulled through the loops into wich they had been twisted, and were afterwards put round the per former, and tied clumsily to the table, without hands, it is difficult to say. Just reflect on one of their assertions, that unless a circle is formed by the spectators, if people in the dark can be so called, holding each other's hands, no thing can be done; and that if brcken some one's head will be so too; and recollect that after all it is no circle at all, only a part of a circle, and it must surely suggest that this threat is merely to prevent detection. if the writer, when his own hand WAS pinched by a hardish thick hand with very tangible nails, recognised with tolerable certainty as that of one of the mediums, had sprung out and seized hold of the arm beyond, he would probably have received a blow on the head with a handbell or guitar, but the trick would have been made obvious to those who were willing to be convinced. The entertainment cl. - ,sed by the table rapping out the word " Retire," much as they tay " Farewell" in c oloured fires at the close of a pyrotechnic exhibiti on; b ut the slovenly manner in which this was , :one by the opera tor showed in what contempt he ht Id the ernmon sense of his audience —running rapidly on with the alphabet when the letter sought was at the end of it, and pausing when he came to the letter itself, so that it posi;ively did not need the raps, which were once or twice in the wrong place, to make out the word that was desired. These practitioners were chased out of Canada, according to a most circumstan tial statement in Toronto papers ; one of them, it is asserted, was formerly in the employment of the Wizard of the North; and the whole aff a i r will doubtless be bl own in Engl an d presently ; but i n the meanwhile they are aiding an evil delusion which is much more widely spread than some be lieve, and will walk off sneeringly rejoiceful with pockets full of Johu Bull's guineas, NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," &t 3. N 0 TI CE - THE DOCTOR'S WIFE. reprinted from " mple Bar Magazine," is ready, in 3 vols., at every Circulating Library. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. I